Animals at Walt Disney World Celebrate Halloween With Special Pumpkin Activities!
Happy Halloween weekend!
While you’re out celebrating this weekend, you’ll be glad to hear that the animal residents of Walt Disney World are also having a hauntingly fun time too.
Thanks to the keepers at Disney’s Animal Kingdom and Epcot, we’re able to get a peek at the animals enjoying a spook-tacular Halloween enrichment activity – and the photos couldn’t be more amazing!
Halloween is one of the most exciting times of the year, and Disney aren’t about to let their animals miss out on the fun. So, as a special enrichment activity to help educate and entertain the animals, keepers decided to give them each a pumpkin treat!
These cheetahs above don’t look particularly sure what to do with their new pawprint Jack-o-Lantern!
By giving them pumpkins, keepers are able to add a seasonal stimulant to the animals’ day.
The inquisitive animals are able to investigate them, play with them or even eat them as they please, exercising their natural curiosity and instinct.
This adorable hippo looks somewhat over-faced by the arrival of his huge, orange pumpkin!
Even the aquarium residents over at The Seas in Epcot got in on the fun, with some underwater pumpkin fun!
This photo might just be my favorite: a group of tortoises circling a pumpkin and munching away at it. What I wouldn’t give to put a candle in their finished piece and check out the design they made!
This fun little guy looks like he came crashing through his pumpkin, which has been carved to perfectly match him!
This isn’t the first year that the keepers have given pumpkins to their animal residents, and you can see more adorable photos of them enjoying their treats in past years here.
If you like seeing and learning more about the animals of Walt Disney World, we definitely recommend you check out “Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom”. This fun documentary is perfect for all the family, and features a backstage look at all the antics our animal friends get up to every day in the parks!
Happy Halloween to all at Disney’s Animal Kingdom and Epcot!
Featured Image Credit: Disney’s Animals, Science and Environment